Character History Updating

[James]

Well, the new plot has been detailed. Soon, we'll all be in 2011, two years from now.

How much has your character changed in the time they've spent away from us? What's happened to them? Are they even alive anymore? Students will have grown up a bit - if they've graduated, what are they doing with themselves now?

In this thread, you can apply to have your history in your profile updated to reflect the two years that have passed (or more, if you want to do a summary of what's happened since you started roleplaying them). Though we currently aren't formally accepting any positions at Hogwarts, if you'd like one, mention it here too.

I encourage everybody to do this as it will help us keep everything in check continuity-wise, and is a prime opportunity to shake up your role play a bit.

Make sure your history additions don't conflict with the plot or with any other characters involved before posting it here.

I'll be handling the approval process: just post here with a link to your existing profile and the new additions to your history. Once it's refined (if necessary) and approved, I'll add it right into your profile for you.

[arabella]

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in 2011:
Current age :33
Status: prisoner / mother

After the mass breakout Arabella didn't get very far in her weakened condition. The fiendfyre almost got her and she was quickly recaptured while trying to buy time for Juliet to escape from pursuing aurors. So she ended up back in a cell once Azkaban was rebuilt. With her insanity, health and depression getting worse she agreed to highly experimental treatment for mental illnesses and her insanity. She knew she'd nothing to lose but had the chance to gain a life back eventually if she didn't die from disease before then.

The treatment combined counselling, various drugs and memory modification and as 2011 continues to tick round she now has some kind of a normal life. Its as if a new Arabella rose from the ashes and she's going to be set free soon because of the efforts of Lizzie Porter, the late Hunter Evans and Gordon Flintock.

She knows her husband is dead having died in a housefire along with the housekeeper but her children were staying with their Granny and Grandpa Burke at the time. They're raising them as a result and she grieved for him.

Her state of mind is still quite fragile but she's a fighter, the cause being her children since they're her reason for living these days. She sees what she did in the past as another life altogether but can she even have a semi-normal life with a war raging and people still suspicious of her given she was a convicted loyal follower and she killed a guard to get a wand? That remains to be seen.

new weaknesses: While her health has improved recently her immune system is still very weak. She's also very protective of her daughters and like a momma dragon she's dangerous if they are threatened.

She's also going to need mental treatment for a long time even if she is released.

[lucychiang]

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2011 changes assuming its April 2011:

Now a Hufflepuff 4th Year and 15 years old she's a man hater and an out and out lesbian. Not much else has really changed with her but she's still slight, small and slender. Some people would even say she's cute. She also has kept up her animagus training which started during the 2nd year and she's making steady progress in this field.

She still has the burning interest in equality for other species but so far she hasn't had a chance to act. However what Revan is doing publically sounds interesting. Even with the mixed and negative press he's getting.

She still loves her quidditch and is as talented on a broom as ever. Also trains quite hard as well as running on the grounds and swimming in the lake which helps her stamina a lot.

[michaelchiang]

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2011 changes (assuming an April 2011 date):
body double : Kim Bum (a link will be inserted once Photobucket co-operates)

Michael would be a 5th year and nearly 17 years old. He never managed to figure out how to fly well enough to play quidditch again being unable to keep his balance well enough to beat. He can still fly on a broom but its more for relaxed recreational flying rather than chasing a bludger down.

His secondary aim of being a healer or a medi-wizard after he graduates is still intact. So he's gotten even more studious poring over every book in that field he can lay his hand on. He knows enough to be able to do basic medi-magic and first aid so is still able to help out in quidditch practices and matches.

[Sebastian Burke]

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Died in August 2010 in a tragic housefire along with the French housekeeper. Lucia and Dorcas survived because they were spending the summer with their grandparents in Ballycastle.

((plot point for Juliet: if the books she wanted weren't all claimed at this point then they'd have been lost in the flames ))

[satin]

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in 2011:

Satin is still one of Revan's agents (codename : Sparrow). She suddenly found herself unemployed after the Death Eater attack on Hogsmeade and the burning down of the Hogs Head.

So after answering the MLE's questions she headed to Romania with Annabelle Roseliegh. The former student was now her lover and she honoured a promise to introduce the half vampiress to her coven. Home seemed the ideal place to return to while she decided what to do next.

She did take the chance to sharpen her combat training moving up from a dagger to a Japanese wakizashi and now uses this as her primary weapon while on missions along with a rifle crossbow. She did return to Revan and as the war has escalated its clear to her that its sometimes unclear just who your enemy is. Especially since the attempt on Revan's life and Gordon Flintock's hand being discovered in the plot.

So two years on Satin is very committed to Revan's cause and she can do more than just dirty work for him. She can also act as his admin support and PA now the cause is more political and public.

[Adrian Dimitrov]

In 2011:
Hearing about The New One coming on the earth, Adrian immedietly came to the Death Eater's cause (having no choice after loosing his health career), and is doing his best to protect the baby.

As a master of manipulation, Adrian has made side tracks and distraction routes for the Ministry to follow. Many of the previous months, The Ministry have gone the wrong routes to where they could find Juliet. From going into deep forests to caves, they have been almost everywhere but where Juliet is.

And that my friend, shall never be told to those who do not know where Juliet is already located.

[James]

Arabella would actually be 34 by April 2011, not that it really matters. Did you want to set a date for her release?

Adrian, what do you mean about the "New One"? Are you talking about Juliet's child? As far as the Death Eaters know for now, Juliet's baby is just a regular baby. (If you're still confused, PM me and I'll outline it privately). Also, how did he lose his career as a Healer?

Everyone else so far is all good, I'll be updating your profiles now. Students: your custom titles will remain the same for now, later on they'll all be changed, but I'll change the adults.

[arabella]

Apr 7, 2009 0:57:01 GMT -7 James said:

Arabella would actually be 34 by April 2011, not that it really matters. Did you want to set a date for her release?

Soz James. Can't count ;D
Being released on the 2nd April 2011 suits me and then the rebuilding of a life can begin. Probally in Ballycastle.

[Madame Lee]

Adrian was caught in Azkaban with me and a few other followers. He would have been found out by now.

[James]

Ah, right.

But you still need to address the "New One" issue.

[Amaya]

in 2011 Amaya would be ,,
Age • 16
Year • 5th

When her mother's business took off across Asia, Amaya's career as a model for clothing also continued to get more and more time consuming. Unfortunately for Amaya it was her mother's intention that her daughter finish school before becoming too serious. She only let her continue because Amaya's mark were high. Often her mother would threaten her that if she got marks and lower than what she was receiving that she would not let Amaya continue with photoshoots period. Not even in the summer or on breaks.

The idea of losing this privilage killed her on the inside so Amaya worked hard to do well in school, not bothering with other people. She studied most of the time, still making sure she looked good when she did it. She went to the library frequently for the quite eniroment one could never get in the Syltherin common room. So much of her focus went into studying and getting good marks that Amaya quit going to Hogsmeade with the rest of the older students and instead worked even harder at her weak subjects.

Because of this her marks were near perfect. She lead close to the top of her class and continued on that way. Not doing anything fun or interesting most times. She never went to Quidditch games and never spent time outside for fear of getting too dark a tan. Her pale skin was key to her image in magazines. Over the summers she spent in Japan or some other part of East Asia filming dramas and recording songs until eventually she was a relatively well known entity in that part of the world.

Unfortunately, no one in Hogwarts really knew much about a famous Japanese singer. Her mothers fashion company went international just after Amaya entered fifth year. Everything seemed to be perfect until the economic crash in Japan that led to a decline in MJFashions consumers. The company was falling and Amaya's image was falling with it. She was a model for a company that was going under, after all.

When her mother's company fell Amaya didn't want to do anything at all. She continued to study more than ever and became even moer anti-social and bitchy toward other people. Even through all of the crap she was going through she still felt she was definitely more important than everyone else and she looked down on people. She was very hard to get along with in the beginning and things just continued to get harder for her. She stopped paying attention to anything in the world outside of Hogwarts and was even considering transferring to a muggle school in Japan where her mother and eight siblings now lived in a small apartment. It was cheap there and torturous for anyone living there in the two-bed room apartment.

[ occ :: i am considering dropping her as a character fyi ]

[James]

Arabella, do you want to change your history to reflect that then?

Adrian?

All good Amaya, I'll update your history for you now.

[Jakob Rosenbell (Desert Fox)]

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Parts in italics here have been taken more or less directly from the plot summary.

Prepare for unnecessary length. This is all good with Dani and compliant with the plot I believe.

(Unrelated note: what's happening to Hugo now?)

((During the Roleplay Period - January 08 – April 09))
Jakob spent the first few months in Britain quietly preparing. He and Revan bought a small house with a yard in muggle Bristol with a magic-enhanced “bomb shelter” which served as Revan’s headquarters and living space. They had brought money with them into the country to help with initial costs, but still Revan and Jakob found themselves struggling to make ends meet. Jakob used his job at the Hog’s Head to gather general information, get a feel for the culture and to get access to some extra work he could do to earn extra money. Jakob spent most of his free time studying or hunting.

While out on a hunt at night, Jakob ran into a pair of vampiric sisters who were toying with a young animagus. Their names were Moira and Selene Vitrella, and their views on vampirism interested Jakob. He considered that they could be useful to their cause, so he passed on to Revan the name of the pub they owned together, which catered primarily for vampires.

Revan approached them at the pub while Jakob stood back and watched, disguised, as was usually the drill in such treacherous situations. He spotted a brunette witch who appeared to be spying on Revan, so he followed her out into the street and confronted her. She revealed herself to be Juliet Lee, the leader of the Death Eaters. Jakob told Juliet that he was an enemy of Revans, and ended up joining the Death Eaters in order to act as Revan’s spy. After they parted ways, Jakob found that Revan had been forced to kill the vampires and set the pub on fire to destroy any evidence. Jakob took the money from the till and helped evacuate the vampires inside.

Over the next few months, Jakob spent much of his time building his relationship with the Death Eaters, and also his relationship with a Veela by the name of Danielle Deleon. Jakob met Dani in The Leaky Cauldron, and posed as a rich foreigner new to England in order to gain the wealthy witch’s respect. This was often a costly decision on Jakob’s part, having to pay for expensive meals, clothes and hotel rooms, but was all part of a long term “investment” to get ahold of her fortune.

At the start of the 2008-2009 Hogwarts school year, Jakob quit his job at the Hog’s Head and began working with the Department of Magical Transportation as an Apparition examiner and trainer. He spent his spare time studying the castle and making use of the massive library they had there. It was around this time that he tricked Dani into marrying him; he told her that he loved her and that he would soon be deported if he did not find a wife. They were wed and lived together for several months, until Jakob killed her and claimed her massive fortune which provided Revan and himself with substantial financial backing.

Jakob continued spinning his wheels for some time in this role. The Death Eaters, led under Juliet’s cautious hand, were slow to move. Revan was similar; both were recruiting, plotting, and sewing seeds. Jakob continued doing what he could for Revan and what he needed to for the Death Eaters, which wasn’t a whole lot.

((The Two Year Jump – April ‘09 to April ’11))

Then, in April 2009, the Death Eaters launched their attack on Hogsmeade, in which they ambushed and killed the Headmaster of Hogwarts at the time, Hunter Evans, then rioted and paraded his body through the streets while houses were burned to the ground around them. Jakob helped plan the event and was tasked with starting and preparing the fires. When the Aurors inevitably showed up, Jakob opted not to join in on the conflict; instead he gave in to his kleptomaniacal tendencies and looted from the homes. He soon found himself surrounded by Aurors and without a viable means of escape, so instead he took the cursed flames he was spreading from his wand and applied them to his face, leaving him with disfiguring scars so that nobody would recognise him.

He and nearly all of the other Death Eaters were captured and brought in to be tried by the Wizengamot. In the lead-up to the trial, Jakob managed to communicate to the Death Eaters that he would find a way to break them out of Azkaban; but they would have to deny having ever met him so that he would hopefully get away with a minimum security cell. They agreed, and the trial went forth as expected. The Death Eaters received a multitude of charges dealing with murder, arson and magical terrorism. Jakob, acting under another alias, escaped with a lesser sentence as he was only caught lighting fires and looting. He was also deemed an illegal immigrant.

Meanwhile, on the outside, Revan Haine was busy cleaning up the mess left by his right-hand-man and trying to communicate with him to organise an escape plan. Revan filed emergency leaves of absence to the Ministry and to Hogwarts. When it became apparent that Jakob was going to be spending time in Azkaban, these “holidays” turned into resignations.

Revan developed further contact with half-giant and Azkaban prison guard Hugo Stein. Hugo was a customer of Revan’s antique store and Revan had won his respect previously during conversations about equality for all races. Revan delicately built an alliance with Hugo, and Hugo agreed to help him get Jakob out of Azkaban.

Jakob began receiving messages hidden within his meals, which he would strain to read in the dark. He knew these were from Revan through Hugo, but the two never actually spoke beyond normal prisoner-guard interaction. Jakob had difficulty communicating back in forms other than very simple yes-or-no type responses. Hugo snuck Jakob extra food where he could, so that Jakob would be able to sustain his physical strength. Jakob knew this would be important as he would be without his own wand, so he made a point of working out as much as possible. Revan and Hugo spent the next few months researching, planning and communicating with Jakob when they got brief moments alone. Jakob carved runes into the back of his dinner, which Hugo was able to plant around the prison to deactivate the floating walkways and some other security features on command.

Eventually the time came when the plan was to come to fruition. Hugo smuggled Jakob (in fox form) out of his cell, in his robes (not especially difficult given how small Jakob was and how big Hugo was, but not especially pleasant either ), out into one of the equipment rooms. Jakob waited until a guard entered to fetch something, ambushed him and killed him in hand-to-hand in order to get a wand which would answer to him with some degree of reliability. Together, they slowly and secretly began breaking prisoners on the lower security levels out of their cells, taking out guards for wands where they could, until they built a strong enough makeshift group which could attack the high-security sector. With the help of Hugo’s set traps, they fought their way through the upper levels. The Death Eaters were out to kill, as they desperately needed wands and wanted revenge. It was said that as the escapees ran their way up the final leg to the Apparition Room, out of control Fiendfyre roared behind them, consuming the pursuing guards and straggling Death Eaters. Amidst all the chaos, someone still managed to cast the Dark Mark over the site. Most of Azkaban’s cells were busted open and there were heavy losses on both sides. Only half of the escapees actually made it to the Apparition room and out of the prison alive.

Despite their losses, the Death Eaters were still left with their largest free force since the months after Voldemort’s death; united in their shared experience and renewed faith in the ability of their kind, having just broken out of Azkaban from the inside. Jakob lied to them all about Hugo’s involvement, as he was a “half-breed” he was sure they wouldn’t be happy with it. Instead, he claimed that he killed a guard who entered his cell, took his wand and uniform, and then used the Imperius Curse on Hugo to help them escape.

There was a call for Jakob to be the new Death Eater leader, having successfully broken them all out of Azkaban. Others hated Jakob, blaming him for the deaths of the Death Eaters who failed to escape with them. Jakob responded by saying that those Death Eaters would have died in there otherwise, and that his escape plan would have been their best chance at freedom. He also told them that he had no interest in being leader, as Juliet was always more than capable despite the failures at Hogsmeade, and that his own campaign to kill Revan would always take priority. Jakob didn’t want to endanger himself any further, and Juliet seemed like she would be the best choice as he had plenty of experience dealing with her before (better the enemy that you know, than the enemy you don’t).

The Death Eaters focused on rebuilding their strength, influence and finances affected by their stay in Azkaban. They also needed new wands. The ministry knew that most of the Death Eaters were wandless, and the Death Eaters were afraid that any wandmakers would be protected against an attack. Groups of them began random attacks on Muggle-borns in order to kill them for their wands, hoping that the rules of wand ownership would give them back their power when their original owners were murdered. Half-Bloods (those considered “Blood Traitors” by the Death Eaters) were also killed, as many of them believed that stealing wands from Muggle-borns would get them nowhere since their magic had in turn been “stolen”, according to the propaganda from Voldemort’s time in power. Their results varied. There were also a few acts of terrorism similar to the Hogsmeade fires, or to the attack on the Quidditch World Cup prior to Voldemort’s return, but no large-scale combat. A few Death Eaters were captured and reimprisoned.

Jakob made an effort to remain low-key amongst the Death Eaters throughout all of this; for the most part the Death Eaters trusted him now. He told them that he was satisfied with the wand he had stolen during the Azkaban attacks, so that he didn’t have to participate in their random killings. In private, however, Jakob did kill for wands – but his targets were more specific; some opponents of Revan’s cause, blood purists or similar “scum of the Earth.” Around this point in time he was struggling with all of the murder he had been committing in the name of justice or the greater good, when there had been very little actual progress. As such, his murders were kept to a minimum and he has since settled on a wand he isn’t entirely happy with. This is frustrating for him, as it reminds him of his childhood when he was forced to learn magic with a wand that wasn’t “his”. This period of doubt and angst also caused him to lose control and get into a vicious duel with a Death Eater who had been badmouthing muggle-born women. Jakob ended up killing him too, and played it off as an Auror ambush.

Meanwhile, Revan had begun campaigning for changes to laws regarding Vampires and other non-wizard creatures. His focus was mainly on appealing to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and certain politically minded groups who were likely to be sympathetic. Revan’s arguments were, for the large part, falling upon deaf ears. However, support was slowly growing.

As Jakob’s face was still horribly burnt, he was immediately recognisable as a Death Eater. He had to further distance himself from Revan and from the general public if he didn’t want to wind up back in Azkaban. This meant that he wasn’t able to aid in protecting Revan himself any longer. Luckily, by now, Revan had accumulated a small group of loyal followers, who escorted him on most of his public outings since he began his political career. When Revan was eventually attacked by a trio of hit wizards, Jakob was not present, but helped with the interrogation of the prisoner they captured. He told them that he was sent by Gordon Flintock, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement who didn’t like what Revan was up to.

Realizing that Gordon Flintock was personally targeting him, Revan shifted gear in his political campaign. He began attacking the Department of Magical Law Enforcement instead, feeding the ministry more Death Eaters in chains through Jakob’s intel than they were capturing themselves. He publicly remarked that he was able to capture more Death Eaters single-handedly (he had the help of his followers, of course) than Gordon’s entire department was, because the ministry was “still too incompetent and too scared to do what needed to be done to clear up a mess which had been threatening lives for over twenty years now”. Many debates took place, and Revan Haine became a high profile political figure. Public opinion was divided; many wizards continue to hate and fear vampires, and those that don’t are torn between trusting Revan or not in the face of accusations about his history, his motives, and his supposed concealed agendas.

Revan decided that it would be appropriate to organise an experimental blood transfusion program for vampires at St. Mungos. As Revan positioned himself publicly as a struggling vampiric shopkeeper, the project was funded by “anonymous donations” which actually came from Jakob’s wealth he had acquired from Danielle Deleon. Jakob convinced the Death Eaters that they needed to shut down the program unless they wanted the country to be overrun by Vampires like in Romania. This was part of Revan’s plan of course – the death eaters attacked the subjects of the experiment and the program was shut down for fears of their safety. For Revan, though, the attack helped plant the image in the public’s mind that Revan’s opponents (read: most of the ministry) shared some similar ideals with Death Eaters.

Jakob is currently stuck between a rock and a hard place as the Death Eaters ramp up their opposition to Revan. He expects soon his position will be compromised. His scars are expected to fully heal within the next few months.

Current wand: Mahogany, 11 inches, phoenix feather core, taken from a house elf trader who kept the elves in boxes and generally mistreated them.

[Belle]

The last post in this thread explains it all.